2018/05/2312:54:38

About 9.5 percent of the Panamanian population suffer from diabetes, a disease that currently also affects people between 20 and 40 years old when it used to be diagnosed in the population over 50 years old, the health authorities warned and urged people for more prevention

2018/04/2314:56:42

The Panamanian Minister of Health, Miguel Mayo, advocated that a blood center be installed in the country to centralize and control the inventories of blood banks that Panama has, so that there is a better organization

2018/04/2010:08:00

Coordinating international efforts and maximizing vaccination uptake is necessary to prevent Panama from being affected by a measles outbreak, a situation that has affected other Latin American countries, said a representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Panama

2018/04/0911:56:08

Panamanian deputies introduced in 2017 a bill that seeks to create a new selective tax on the consumption of sugary drinks of 8% on the price, with the purpose of curbing the advance of diseases such as diabetes, cancer, hypertension and obesity, associated with the intake of sugar, but so far the bill has not been submitted to the plenary session for its first discussion

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Panama is preparing to enter a new political cycle with important challenges in the fiscal and productive areas, following a government led by Juan Carlos Varela that fell short on key issues such as the economic momentum.

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